STREET. WE ARE FOLLOWING ALL OF THIS WEATHER WITH DIRK VERDOORN. THAT INCLUDES THE IMPACT ON THE OPENING DAY OF THE STOCKTON ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL, WHERE DEIRDRE FITZPATRICK IS RIGHT NOW. WHAT IS THE WEATHER LIKE WHERE YOU ARE? FANTASTIC. THIS IS THE BEST TIME TO COME OUT. THE RAIN HAS STOPPED. PEOPLE ARE GOING TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF EVERYTHING. PEOPLE ARE STARTING TO SHOW UP TO TAKE ADVANTAGE HERE. WE HAVE GOT OUR WORLD-FAMOUS DEEP-FRIED ASPARAGUS, WHICH PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BUYING SINCE 10:00 THIS MORNING. WE HAVE 25,000 POUNDS OF ALL OF OUR ASPARAGUS PRODUCTS. ROAST BRIEF -- BEEF WITH ASPARAGUS AND BEANS. OUR SANDWICH HAS BEEF, ASPARAGUS, AND GARLIC A LOWLY. ASPARAGUS PASSED A -- ASPARAGUS PASTA. COME HERE, PLEASE. TH EINTERN -- THE INTERN, TERRIFIC HELP YOUR. -- HERE. IT WAS RAINING A LITTLE BIT EARLIER, BUT IT'S NOT KEEPING PEOPLE AWAY. THAT'S RIGHT. MAYBE A LITTLE BIT COOLER TODAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE FESTIVAL. THEY SAY A LITTLE RAIN HAS NEVER HURT ANYONE. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE STILL LINED UP AND GATHERED FOR THE 29TH ANNUAL ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL. ALTHOUGH MOST PEOPLE HAD TO WEAR JACKETS, HATS, AND SPORT UMBRELLAS. WE DID NOT THINK IT WOULD BE AS CROWDED BECAUSE OF THE RAIN. WHEN SHE CALLED LAST NIGHT WE SAID, WE WILL NOT KNOW. IT WAS WARM LAST YEAR, AND IT RAINED THREE YEARS AGO, AND IT RAINED AT THE VERY FIRST FESTIVAL 29 YEARS AGO. RIGHT NOW WE ARE GETTING PREPARED FOR THE PEOPLE THAT ARE COMING. THE RAIN HAS SLOWED THINGS DOWN A BIT. WE ARE GETTING PREPARED SO WE CAN DO THE BEST WE CAN AT GETTING THESE NONPROFITS WHO ARE HERE TODAY THE MOST AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY CAN. THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR SAYS THAT FRIDAY IS A SLOWER DAY, BUT